The French truly can make anything sound sexy. For instance, this Bugatti is officially referred to as the “Chiron habillé par Hermès,” which translates to old race car driver dressed by some guy with wings on his shoes (or hypercar designed with the help of a high-end designer, depending on your predilections).
More to the point, its exterior color is called “craie,” which sounds mysterious (and a little crazy), but actually translates simply to chalk. That’s because the off-white hue was derived from chalk and was made legendary by Hermès’ handbags .
The reason it’s on a car, not a bag, is because of entrepreneur and real estate investor, Manny Khoshbin. We’ve actually featured Kohsbin and his sci-fi garage before and now Bugatti has seen fit to feature his creation because of its uniqueness .
We imagine that’s exciting for Khoshbin. He so loves Bugatti that he owns two Veyrons and suggested the name “Ettore” for his son (though he was vetoed).
“When I saw the Chiron for the first time in 2015, I was one of the first customers in the world to reserve a build slot, yet one of the later to take delivery of one, but the reason for that was down to me, “Said Khoshbin.
With almost only one color throughout the car (the brake calipers are red), getting the shade right for the leather, the paint, the trim, the alloy wheels, and more was very precise work. To get it right, Bugatti went to Paris to work with Hermes on the car.
The result was more than just a chalk-white car. Bugatti put nods to the Parisian brand throughout. The Chiron’s horseshoe grille, for instance, was customized with the H monogram and the brand’s classic “Courbettes” motif graces the underside of the rear wing .
The leather of the seats, the console, the inner signature line, roof, and rear panels, plus the door clasps were all developed by Hermès. The leather on the dash (and in a few other areas) was developed by Bugatti, meanwhile, because they have to pass safety tests.
Hermès also created the Courbettes design on the door cards and other areas out of their own materials.
“The order of this special Chiron involved two visits to Hermès in Paris to discuss design, the realization of the interior and see progress being made,” said Khoshbin. “Between myself, the team at Hermès and designers at Bugatti, we exchanged hundreds of emails. I took my time to draft the car and that was very much a conscious decision – this is a car that I will one day hand down to my son, it will live for generations.”
“We’re about to take delivery of a Bugatti Baby II for my son,” Khoshbin said. “He is Bugatti mad, and gets excited every time he hears the name! I like the’Chiron habillé par Hermès’ the most out of them all – I drive it almost every day. It’s a real driver’s car and I still get excited every time I get into the driver’s seat.”
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Post time: May-19-2021